webpack VS Rollup

The JS SDK now lets you opt out of specific modules you don't need and optimize the final bundle size. You can do that by using either of two popular JavaScript build tools: Rollup or Webpack.

Webpack: A bundler for managing and optimizing module dependencies. Learn More

Description: A module bundler that compiles JavaScript modules (along with assets like styles and images) into a single bundle or multiple bundles for optimized loading. It also supports hot reloading and code splitting. Use Cases: Bundling and optimizing JavaScript files for production, often used in larger web projects. Website: Webpack

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For its part, Next.js is the most popular React framework. As any other JavaScript application that uses a bundler such as webpack or Vite, for production a compiled version of the project is used. This is known as build. A build aims to provide the minimum amount of code needed for the application to function the same as it does in development. This ensures that JavaScript files are very lightweight, allowing the browser to fetch and interpret them in the shortest possible time to render the user interface or perform whatever tasks the application requires."

Webpack manages standalone applications.

Previously, Strapi used Webpack, a free and open-source module bundler for JavaScript.

Webpack is a module bundler used to build modern JavaScript applications. It allows developers to compile modules and optimize assets in an application. A key feature of Webpack is that it is flexible in its customization, which enables it to be suitable for both small- and large-scale applications. You can install Webpack by running the command below:

Additional Resources Google Lighthouse WebPageTest TinyPNG Webpack Documentation Service Worker API

If you're working with a modern web framework like React or Vue, you might be using something like Webpack or Rollup to bundle your assets. These tools are great, but a simpler approach to managing assets exists. This is where DAM can complement your existing build process.

Rollup is a module bundler for JavaScript which compiles small pieces of code into something larger and more complex, such as a library or application. Rollup Documentation

The JS SDK now lets you opt out of specific modules you don't need and optimize the final bundle size. You can do that by using either of two popular JavaScript build tools: Rollup or Webpack.

Rollup.js is a JavaScript module bundler that compiles small pieces of code into larger, more complex applications. It is particularly well-suited for bundling ES6 modules and is known for its efficient tree-shaking capabilities, which eliminate unused code from the final bundle, resulting in smaller file sizes.

Rollup bundles runtime artifacts.

This is also a valid approach, but what we really want is to be able to write our code in TypeScript and have it transpile into the JavaScript we need. Enter Rollup.

If you're working with a modern web framework like React or Vue, you might be using something like Webpack or Rollup to bundle your assets. These tools are great, but a simpler approach to managing assets exists. This is where DAM can complement your existing build process.

Since my widgets required a high level of reactivity, I relied heavily on the Svelte component API and used Rollup for bundling. "It was simple and direct until I got the following problems:

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My bundler of choice is Rollup.js. It's the thing that powers Vite and I think it's great. So in my repo you'll find the following rollup.config.mjs file in the app root here.

Rollup is a module bundler for JavaScript that focuses on ES modules and is particularly good for library development.